Reminder: Somerville to Honor Memorial Day with Parade and Remembrance Ceremony on May 25

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Somerville Department of Veterans’ Services invite all community members to join in honoring local veterans and our nation’s fallen heroes at the city’s Memorial Day Parade and Remembrance Ceremony on Sunday, May 25, rain or shine. 

2025 Events 

Parade: 

• Time: 11 a.m.
• Starting Point: Davis Square rotary (9/11 Memorial Granite Circle site)
• Accessibility:
  • Four temporary accessible parking spaces along Winter Street
  • Viewing platform at Statue Park; spaces available on a first-come basis 

Show your support with a salute, wave, or cheer as the parade makes its way in honor of those who served. Leading this year’s procession as Grand Marshal is Somerville’s own Thomas G. Kelley, a Medal of Honor recipient. The parade will proceed west from Davis Square on Holland Street through Teele Square and onto Broadway, ending at the Veterans Cemetery between Alewife Brook Parkway and North Street. 

Remembrance Ceremony: 

• Time: Immediately following the parade
• Location: Somerville Veterans Cemetery (between Alewife Brook Parkway and North Street)
• Accessibility:  
  • Temporary accessible parking spaces available on the cemetery side of Broadway 

Join us as community members, veterans, and city officials will gather to pay tribute to those who gave their lives in service to our country. The ceremony will include remarks from Mayor Ballantyne and Director of Veterans Services, Jerome Thomas. 

Re-Watch the Events 

Can’t attend in-person? The ceremony will be videotaped by Somerville’s CityTV team and broadcast after the event on GovTV (RCN channels 13 or 613; Comcast channel 22) and on the City’s YouTube channel (youtube.com/SomervilleCityTV). 

For additional questions, please call (617) 625-6600 x4700 or email veterans@somervillema.gov. All event information is at somervillema.gov/memorialday. 

Persons with disabilities who need auxiliary aids and services for effective communication (i.e., CART, ASL), written materials in alternative formats, or reasonable modifications in policies and procedures to access the programs, activities, and meetings of the City of Somerville should please contact Adrienne Pomeroy in advance at 617-625-6600 x 2059 or apomeroy@somervillema.gov.  

The City of Somerville can provide you with an interpreter in your language for free. To request an interpreter, please contact us at somerviva@somervillema.gov or call 311 (617-666-3311) at least 7 days in advance of this event.  

This event will be videotaped by the City’s GovTV team. Watch it on-demand with optional closed-captioning (select the CC icon) on YouTube.com/SomervilleCityTV. Or watch on cable TV at GovTV ( somervillema.gov/video) Comcast Ch. 22 and GovTV Astound (RCN) Ch. 13 & 613. Videos generally post within one business day of recording.